Archive for August 24th, 2023

FIRST WOMAN TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE U.S.

On 25 August 1932, Amelia Earhart landed in Newark, NJ after completing her flight from Los ...
Amelia Mary Earhart
(July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937;
declared dead
January 5, 1939)

Aviation trailblazer Amelia Earhart became the first woman to
fly solo across the U.S. nonstop
on
this day in history, Aug. 24,
1932.

Earhart piloted her Lockheed Vega 5B from Los Angeles to
Newark in 19 hours and 5 minutes.
  She set an official U.S
record for women’s distance and time.

Amelia Earhart's 1932 record flight... - RareNewspapers.com

Rare Signed Photograph of Amelia Earhart in Front of Her Loc
Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega 5B in the National Air
and Space Museum
.

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SIGNED HARRY POTTER BOOK TO BE SOLD

'Rarest Harry Potter book' could fetch thousands at auction after ...

A special edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone"
will hit the auction market in September after surviving — what
could have been — a disastrous fire.
 

The book is one of 15 published to mark the 15th anniversary
of Harry Potter
. Author J.K. Rowling signed it and dedicated it. 

Harry Potter special edition book
The owner (Carina Haouchine) of a special edition Harry
Potter book is putting it up for auction after it was nearly
lost in a fire.
 

Harry Potter author JK Rowling raked in whopping £250k every day last year – The Scottish Sun ...
Joanne (J.K.) Rowling

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Funny Thursday Quotes to be Happy on Thursday Morning

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SINGERS KILLER SENTENCED ON THIS DAY

John Lennon’s killer denied parole for ninth time

On August 24, 1981, Mark David Chapman (above) was sentenced
to 20 years to life for the
murder of John Lennon, a founding
member
 of
The Beatles, one of the most successful bands in the
history
of popular music.    


On December 8, 1980, Chapman shot and killed the 40-year-old
singer, songwriter and peace activist, outside Lennon’s New
York City apartment building, the Dakota, where he lived with
his wife Yoko Ono and their young son Sean.

How Mark David Chapman Became John Lennon's Killer
John Lennon (left) and Chapman minutes before the shooting.

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